#OTD in 1954, a Grumman S2F-1 Tracker became the first plane lauched from a U.S. aircraft carrier by steam catapult. The catapults had been installed on USS Hancock as part of the modernization program. Steam has been replaced by electromagnetic catapults on USS Gerald R. Ford. | U.S. Naval Institute
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